PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND PRACTICES - COLUMN 183
14. Present professional work, reports, and opinions in an objective and truthful manner.
15. Distinguish facts and observations from interpretations, and explicitly state any assumptions, when re- porting or presenting.
16. Cite authorship and sources, and acknowledge the contributions of others. Do not plagiarize.
17. Organize, document, and archive data and work products using best management practices.
18. Sample responsibly so that ma- terials and sites are preserved for future study, and conduct work to minimize environmental impact.
19. Report incompetent, illegal, neg- ligent, or unethical practice of geoscience to the appropriate au- thority.
20. Comply with all applicable laws of the jurisdiction where geoscience work is practiced.
21. Observe the code of ethics that ap- plies where geoscience work is prac- ticed if it meets or exceeds these stated ethics principles.
As part of your regular continuing professional development program, I urge you to download and review these new ethical guidelines and consider- ations.
Australia to push miners to set up register of sex offenders
A June 23, 2022, Mining Engineer-
ing online article “Australia to push miners to set up register of sex offend- ers” describes reactions to a Western Australian report detailing “horrify- ing” and “appalling” sexually based be- havior against women, particularly in mine sites. “Examples cited in the re- port included stalking, texting of lewd material, requests for sexual favors in return for a permanent job, and sexual assaults.” Perpetrators simply changed jobs when allegations were made. Rec- ommendations in the report included having the industry consider establish- ing an offender registry or similar op- tions. While establishing such a register would aid women, the problem would
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be providing the due processes for the accused to defend themselves. It will be interesting to see how the recommenda- tions are implemented.
What can really make a difference is for things to happen:
1. Those who feel they’ve been ha- rassed need to say so both to the harasser and to fellow employees. Some behaviors are not recognized as such. Bringing the situation up may correct it.
2. Fellow employees need to state their objections to the behaviors they see. Call the harassers out.
3. Fellow employees need to support those who’ve been harassed in go- ing through a company’s proce- dures for dealing with harassment.
4. Supervisors are included in “fellow” employees. Supervisors may also be in positions to act in accordance with the company’s procedures for dealing with harassment.
Telling other companies about some- one’s harassing behavior can raise ques- tions related to the whole topic of giv- ing negative letters of recommendation. I’m no expert in this area. If one of you readers has some expertise in this area, please provide me with some guidance to be included in a future column.
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Invitations emailed monthly - Various Topics. Get Involved!
What’s going on in AIPG? Attend Town Halls and ExCom meetings
A member who recently has start-
ed attending AIPG’s Town Hall and National ExCom meetings via Zoom commented that his attendance has opened his eyes to the numerous things that AIPG is doing to provide member attending National ExCom meetings for years and second the member’s observa- tion. Joint meetings and consultations and a wide variety of other geoscience organizations lead to useful things for members. The fact that AIPG is a rec- ognized professional organization for purposes of qualifying as a competent on mining company disclosures is an example of such contacts. Because indi- vidual members are involved in such activities, they make sure that AIPG is aware of opportunities to provide value to members. AIPG is in regular contact with other geoscience organizations dis- cussing issues of joint interest. AIPG geoscience organizations, a fact facili- tating these communications and joint activities. The recent Memorandum of Understanding between AIPG and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME) is an example.
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